Jyotiraditya Scindia, Gautam Gambhir richest candidates in 6th phase

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Congress MP Jyotiraditya Scindia and BJP`s cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir are the richest candidates contesting in Lok Sabha sixth phase elections on May 12, the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms said in a report.

With total assets worth over Rs 374 crores, Scindia, who is also in-charge of the Congress in western Uttar Pradesh, emerged on the top of the list. The Harvard and Standford alum declared movable assets of Rs 45,58,00,245 and immovable assets of Rs 3,28,98,18,500. Congress has fieled Scindia from Guna, his current constituency.

Second on the list is Gambhir with assets over Rs 147 crore, including Rs 1,19,15,87,789 movable assets and Rs 28,00,00,000 immovable assets. The former national-level cricketer also has the highest liabilities of over Rs 34 crore and highest annual income of over Rs 12 crore for financial year 2017-18 as declared in the ITR among candidates contesting in Lok Sabha sixth phase elections.